Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth /

Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists. "Anyone interested in geologic time, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burchfield, Joe D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Edición:University of Chicago Press ed.
Temas:
Kelvin, William Thomson, > Baron, > 1824-1907.
Kelvin, William Thomson, > Baron, > 1824-1907
Kelvin, William Thomson, > (1824-1907; > baron)
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Planets > Age
GEOLOGIA HISTORICA.
Terre > Âge.
Earth (Planet) > Age.
Earth (Planet)
Geology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists. "Anyone interested in geologic time, and that should include all geologists and a fair smattering of biologists, physicists and chemists, should make Burchfield's commendable and time-tested volume part of their personal library"--Brent Darymple, Quartely Review of Biology
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) : portrait
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-260) and index.
ISBN:9780226080260
0226080269

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